One problem I have been having with my hip replacement surgery is that I can’t put my left sock on without help. Patty and the grandkids have been helping me to do that. This morning everyone was gone so I improvised, and I found a pair of prongs that are used to grab baked potatoes with in one of the kitchen drawers. It took a little practice, but I got my sock on with no problem. God created us with creative minds and we are regularly learning, improvising, and inventing because of problems and barriers in our lives. The difference in the world between when I was a kid and now is amazing. When I was in High School we had a party phone line. That meant there were ten households on one line so if you wanted to call someone you had to pick up the phone and listen to see if someone else was on the line. It also meant that you had to be careful what you said while talking on the phone because any number of different people could be listening in. Now we have cell phones that we carry with us and that do everything but make coffee. With all the many inventions that have come into our life to solve hundreds of problems one problem that we can never solve on our own, is our sin problem. We cannot pay what is the penalty for our sin and we cannot stop sinning on our own. We are all slaves to sin and it is impossible to conquer it. Along with our sin problem is our death problem. Modern medicine is amazing in what they can now do for our health, but we will all still die, sooner or later, that problem is staring us all in the face. God has solved our problem for us. God sent His son into the world to die for us and pay the penalty of our sins and to  give us eternal life with Him. Those who accept this gift from God and trust Christ as their Savior are also given the gift of the Holy Spirit to live inside of us so we now have the will and the strength to conquer sin. Tomorrow Patty or one of the grandkids will want to help me put my sock on, but I will tell them that I can do it by myself. So many people think they can save themselves and ignore God’s free gift.